An excursion to the Yala National Park will offer both any local tourist agency and each receiving tour operator in Sri Lanka. You can get to the park on your own, train or bus from Colombo. This is the oldest and, of course, the most interesting island reserve, of course. After all, this is an amazing opportunity to see in the conditions of the living nature of leopards.
In the territory of the Yala National Park in the conditions of the natural habitat live about 35 individuals leopards. It would seem that there is not much at all, but it turns out, it is today the largest population of the disappearing type of animals around the world. Safari in the park is organized on special jeeps. Park's work time - in the morning and until late evening, which greatly increases the chances of seeing leopards, which are especially active at dawn and at sunset. Leopards are not afraid of cars, so they can go on the road by the passing jeep or even jump into the hood of the car.
The cost of one safari for one person is about fifty dollars. If tourists have a desire to spend a few days in the park, so that it is already guaranteed to see leopards and learn about them as much as possible, in the park you can stay for several days. Rent a jeep with a driver for 4 days will cost about four hundred dollars. You can stay in the park both in low-cost campsites worth about thirty dollars per room and in comfortable hotels, the cost of which will be about one hundred dollars per day. As a rule, those who remain in the park for several days have time to remove the whole small author's films about the life of the leopards, did not exception from the rule and we.
In addition to leopards, there are a lot of other interesting animals and birds in Yala National Park. Elephants who are large groups, along with small elephant, are sent to the aquet, watered themselves from the trunk, you can meet very often in the park. Due to the fact that in the park there are many lakes, ideal conditions are created to observe animals during their waterpashers. The name of all animals and birds that live in the park is very difficult to list, and it is not necessary, it is better to come alone (or a few) times to see them yourself.